Metal Slug (1996)
Contrary to popular belief, original was developed by Nazca Corporation, not SNK.
Company was formed by a bunch of ex-Irem employees, hence why art style is very similar to GunForce.
Anyway.
In the Hunt (1993)
Submarine
Undercover Cops (1992)
I smell something fishy.
Moving on to 'influences'.
Dominion Tank Police
For shiggles.
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Waku Waku 7
Politank-Z is a parody of the Dominion tanks. |
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
Guy emerging from tank
Temple face
And.
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| The King of Fighters XI |
Akira (revisited)
Neo Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
Miscellany
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| Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle |
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| The King of Fighters '94 |
Last Resort (1992)
Cityscape
Buildings
The King of Fighters 2001
After SNK's bankruptcy, eighth instalment was devved by Eolith and BrezzaSoft.
K9999 vs Tetsuo
Sprite
Victory portrait
Special
Desperation Move
Super Desperation Move
Gotta admire the subtlety...
He made one more official appearance.
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| The King of Fighters 2002 |
To avoid a lawsuit waiting to happen, character was substituted in 2009 remake.
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Nameless - The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match
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Art of Fighting (1992)
Cover art (specifically Robert) vs Death Warrant
Specials vs Vegeta - Dragon Ball Z
Ryo - Zan Retsu Ken
The Karate Kid (1984)
Bottle chop vs Mr. Miyagi
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Ice slabs vs Daniel
To really fuck shit up.
Karate Master
Episode 24 (left) and 10 (right)
WOW!
Cameos
Lao
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Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
The man with the chin gets his ass handed to him by Rick Strowd or Xiangfei during respective intros. |
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Fatal Fury: First Contact
Playable via a code. |
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Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Defeated by Terry in the first intro. |
G-Mantle
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| Original mascot featured in promo material. |
And there's more.
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| He was a taxi driver in Fatal Fury: King of Fighters. |
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| King's disguise in Art of Fighting 2. |
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| Mysterious bastard can be utilised as a striker in The King of Fighters 2000. |
Weenie
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| If you're still playing Sega, NEC, or Nintendo you're nothing but a weenie! |
Barring a total coincidence, they integrated advertising campaign into games.
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Art of Fighting
Come on, weeniemeister.
I'll show you my stuff. |
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Fatal Fury Special
I've heard about you.
You don't look like a weenie. |
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Savage Reign
Guess again, weenie!
Eat my Joker punches! |
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The King of Fighters '95
So long, weenie king.
We won't meet again. |
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
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| Heh, heh. The king of kick seems to be just the king of wieners. Come on, wimp! |
Now for the second paragraph.
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| If you're playing the incredibly high powered Neo-Geo system you're a real hot dog! |
Enter Terry.
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| So you're Cooperia number one rookie. If I win, I'll buy you a hot dog, kid. |
Seriously?
References
Fatal Fury
Stages for Duck King and Hwa Jai boast a Real Bout advert and a Real Bout shop.
The rest is history, or at the time - the future.
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
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5th Ave. and 2nd St.
Billboards in Hokutomaru's stage recreate Real Bout 2 (left) and Real Bout (right). |
The King of Fighters XIV
The back of Terry's jacket displays Get in the Ring!, which appears prior to each fight in Real Bout 2.
Samurai Shodown II
This is very random, but plausible.
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Sieger's pre-fight taunt to clone is:
We are knights each other.
Let's fight fair and square! |
Ignoring nonsensical bullshit...
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Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood
Fair and Square |
Err, okay.
Finally.
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Real Bout Fatal Fury
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Ending looks remarkably similar to artwork for system's only basketball game.
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| Dunk Dream (JP), Street Hoop (EU) and Street Slam (NA) |
Until next time.
